Sentences with phrase «mere bystanders»

"Mere bystanders" refers to people who are present at an event or situation, but do not actively participate or get involved. They are simply observing from the sidelines without taking any action or having any significant impact. Full definition
With such risks to athletes» health and the integrity of sports, scientists should not allow themselves to be mere bystanders in these matters, the authors of the Policy Forum write.
Weiner and his colleagues found that those microRNA secreted from those epithelial cells are not mere bystanders.
Secondly, they can fix the revenue model: Stop making those involved in the scene mere bystanders as more and more revenue streams into the game.
Moreover, these fusion - circular RNAs are not mere bystanders; they appear to promote tumor growth and progression, underscoring their role in the disease.
Sometimes I think the players are calmer than us supporters — after all they are the ones who have the control, while we are mere bystanders.
And not even mentioning Giroud hitting the side netting with Valdes a mere bystander.
Ex-photographer and future seafarer Tristan (Chris Sarandon, «Fright Night») is an amiable, trustworthy type that Isolda immediately takes a liking to, but he's a mere bystander in this town compared to the local bullies who run the show.
So why did Buffett choose to be a mere bystander to both PC wave and the Internet wave?
That's quite disappointing, as it makes you feel like a mere bystander in the course of events instead of an active participant.
This urgency is real as the victims (or beneficiaries) of a coherent accessible legal system range from the financially privileged navigating the legal system, the legal profession in its entirety, and the mere bystanders of blanket rules and regulations — the common man — even those who are «off the grid.»
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